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Should the title limit be increased?


Today there was a great post on a Youtube video whose title would not fit. Should the title limit be increased by say 30 characters?

This is the title that would not fit:

Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords

This the title submitted:

The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords (2014)

This is the HN thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25416976

  👤 mtmail Accepted Answer ✓
Maybe the submitter shortened it without hitting a limit?

"Single Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check Passwords" is 78 character and would've fit in the limit. 'Proton collisions probe final frontier of the standard model of particle physics' (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25419033) is 81 characters.